Watercolor with VersaMagic Inks for a Teacher’s Card

By Jessica Lin

Skill: Intermediate
Time: 45 hour

Hello hello! Back to school season is right around the corner, can you believe that summer flew by so quickly? Today I have a Teacher’s card to share with you and we are coloring with some of my favorite ink pads as well!

Step 1:
Stamp the mermaid image using VersaFine Clair Nocturne ink pad and heat emboss with clear Mboss powder. I also stamped 2 sentiments partially to create a new phrase.

Step 2:
Dab some ink on the Craft Mat and watercolor the image using a waterbrush.

Step 3:
Mask the image with masking tape and blend Starlite Silver ink across the moroccan stencil. I also blended Memento Tuxedo Black ink around the mermaid image to create a shadow-glow effect.

Step 4:
Adhere the front panel to a square cardbase with foam tape, and the card is complete!

Products Used

Imagine Supplies:

Other Supplies:

  • Penguin Palace – Stamps – Take a Break
  • Stampin’ Up! – Stencil – Artistic Mix Decorative Masks
  • We R – Tool – Precision Press
  • Foam Tape
  • Heat Tool
  • Stampin’ Up! – Cardstock – Coastal Cabana

Create a Beautiful ‘Under the Sea’ Theme Tag

by Kassy Tousignant

Create a Beautiful 'Under the Sea' Theme Tag

I would love to show you a fun, new way to use Radiant Neon Amplify Texture to create an interesting Snakeskin texture on your next tag or cardmaking project. In this project, I used it with a background stencil and colored with Fireworks sprays to achieve a dynamic, textured pattern on my tag.  I am always looking for new, innovative ways to create texture and add visual interest to my work and Amplify really took it up a notch! The light foam that pops as a result of heat-activation is unlike anything else. I also love that it can be sprayed or painted over to achieve your desired look.

Skill: Intermediate
Time: 30 minutes

Supplies

Imagine

Other

  • E6000 glue
  • Prima – Sculpture Medium clear, Acrylic paint
  • Liquitex soft body paint – Muted Grey, Muted Turquoise
  • Graphic 45 stamp
  • Echo Park – Snakeskin stencil
  • Woodcut Octopus
  • Cloth netting